NRI dies at Mumbai Airport, family blames authorities

[jennifer]

Mumbai: An NRI from Australia died of a heart attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Thursday morning.

Girdharilal Jagjivan and his wife had just arrived from Malaysia and were collecting their luggage when he collapsed.

His family claims that airport authorities did not provide emergency services on time.

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[jennifer]

Canada resident Jagjivan Girdharilal had come to Mumbai for his wife’s treatment. But minutes after stepping out of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH-194 on Wednesday night, he died, reportedly of medical negligence. The 69-year-old fell on his face and fainted while collecting luggage around 11 pm.

Aarti Trupathi, a co-traveller, alleged that despite informing the airport management, no emergency service arrived for 20 minutes. “Despite screaming around, medical authorities did not turn up for over 20 minutes,” said 34-year-old Tripathi, who runs a garment business in Mumbai.

She said the airport doctor arrived drunk. “He was reeking and could not even stand properly. We asked airport officials to test the doctor for alcohol but they refused,” she said...Read... (http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=2a956cca-995c-460c-86c9-64823a9e336f&MatchID1=4628&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1165&PrimaryID=4628&Headline=NRI+dies+at+airport+due+to+%e2%80%98medic al+negligence%e2%80%99)